west

(Buddhism) Synonym of 西方浄土 (Saihō Jōdo): the western paradise of Amitabha Buddha / a surname / (Buddhism) Short for 西本願寺 (Nishi Hongan-ji): a Buddhist temple in Kyoto

(mahjong) west wind (mahjong tile)

(theater); (historical) a red-light district in Edo located east of Edo Castle (today in Fukagawa, Kōtō Ward) / (Buddhism) Short for 東本願寺 (Higashi Hongan-ji): a Buddhist temple in Kyoto

(obsolete) the east

(archaic) the east / (archaic) the lands east of the 都 (miyako, “imperial capital”)

a placename / a female given name / a surname

Short for 関東 (Kantō):: the Kantō region of Japan / Short for 東国 (Tōgoku): a historical administrative division of Japan, corresponding to the modern Kantō and Tōkai regions / Short for 東京 (Tōkyō): Tokyo

(music)

east